Clovers are tough plants, tolerating heat, cold, drought, and trampling. White clover is a perennial plant in the pea family (Fabaceae).

It spreads by stolons (runners) and forms shallow roots at nodes.

Depends where you live, I suppose. Chicory (Cichorium intybus) You’ll find chicory growing in Europe, North America, and Australia. However, it doesn’t always taste nice. Drain in a colander, and shake thoroughly to ensure that there is no standing water on the vegetables. It has bright red flowers, multi-colored seeds and puts on a root to be a perennial though most folks view it as an annual. Lawns deprived of water go brown fairly quickly, revealing green islands of interlopers, like clover, able to hang in there throughout dry spells. These days, many of us are reconsidering our need for a lawn. Water clover grows in mud at the edge of a pond or will grow submerged in several inches of water. And they’re found just about everywhere there’s an open grassy area. Remember the four leaf clover you looked for as a child. Phytoestrogens are water-soluble chemicals that act like estrogen in the body.

Though it resembles four-leaf clover, water clover is botanically classified as a fern because it produces spores. Reply; PL Packer August 24, 2013, 2:17 pm. Red clovers are the tastiest of all clovers although it is recommended not to eat too many of these as some people experience bloating. Caution: Red clover variety is edible but contains high amounts of alkaloids in the fall. 7. You can eat clovers raw, but they taste better boiled. It some areas it is difficult to eradicate after it is established. Adapted to soils with fine to medium texture, they can survive in well to poorly drained areas. Large amounts of clover can cause bloating in dogs, as well as cattle and horses. Not everyone tolerates clover as an edible.

Scarlet Runner Bean. The answer is I don’t know because I don’t know what you are calling “normal” clover. Is Water Clover Edible?

Pregnant women shouldn’t eat it.

The Aborigines in Australia's outback learned to make a thin, watery gruel by grinding the sporocarps. You can eat clovers raw, but they taste better boiled or sauteed. Clovers are edible, and – lucky you – they're found just about everywhere there's an open grassy area! Clover is grown as a forage crop for cattle and deer but it will be too much work without machinery to keep a clover field just clover for very long.

Also known as seaweed or sea vegetables, kelp has a ton of fiber, is low in calories and is dense in nutrients. You also can toss a few leaves or blooms into salads, soup or stir fries. I should point out that clover is a group of plants that encompasses a number of different clover species but for our purposes, clover is clover. Water clover is easy to grow and spreads quickly.

They are a member of the pea family.